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FEMA, HHS to address unaccompanied children at border

Posted: March 15, 2021 by the The Simons Center

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Interagency Task Force formed to reunify families

Posted: February 12, 2021 by the The Simons Center

HHS, DoD release COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

Posted: September 18, 2020 by the The Simons Center

On Wednesday, September 16, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DoD) released two documents outlining the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy. The documents were developed by HHS in coordination with DoD and the Centers of Disease Control (CDC). The vaccine distribution plan is part of Operation Warp […]

HHS, DOD coordinate airlift of COVID-19 supplies to the Americas

Posted: March 24, 2020 by the The Simons Center

Featured Article: Defining “Surety” Within the Interagency

Posted: June 26, 2019 by the The Simons Center

Featured article: Defining “Surety” Within the Interagency by Punna Khanna Hayes The fundamental differences between nuclear weapons, chemical agents, and biological select agents and toxins (BSAT) and the different ways in which interagency personnel interact with these materials necessitate different variations in protocols for their handling. These differences and handling protocols give rise to differing […]

Interagency response needed for opioid crisis

Posted: November 1, 2017 by the The Simons Center

On October 26, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Elaine Duke released a statement on DHS’s role in responding to the opioid crisis. Duke’s statement followed President Trump’s announcement that he would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency. In her statement, Duke stated […]

Featured Article: Before the Next Outbreak

Posted: January 24, 2017 by the The Simons Center

Featured article: Before the Next Outbreak: Prepare for Everything Together by Jeremy Hershfield, Conrad Wilmoski and Kelly Meister Pandemic diseases are one of the top security threats to the U.S. Naturally, the prospect of a highly contagious disease incapacitating and/or killing large numbers of U.S. citizens is a vitally important concern to policymakers. Therefore, in keeping with […]

Executive Order focuses on health security

Posted: November 9, 2016 by the The Simons Center

On November 4, President Obama signed an Executive Order promoting global health security, particularly infectious disease threats. The Executive Order builds on the progress of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) that was launched in 2014, and establishes long-term policy objectives for global health. The Executive Order also establishes a GHSA Interagency Review Council tasked with carrying […]

Featured Article: Is the United States Ready…

Posted: September 27, 2016 by the The Simons Center

Featured article: Is the United States Ready for a Deadly Airborne Disease Outbreak? by Conrad R. Wilmoski and Meghan C. Muller In March 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared an Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. This was the most significant Ebola outbreak in history, with more than 10,000 Ebola virus disease (EVD) […]

GAO reports on human trafficking

Posted: July 14, 2016 by the The Simons Center

In June, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report assessing federal agencies’ efforts to combat human trafficking. The report, GAO-16-555, focuses on the prevalence of human trafficking, victim issues, and avoiding grant duplication. Many U.S. federal agencies lead efforts to address human trafficking. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security lead federal investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes. The […]

Tag: Health and Human Services (HHS)

FEMA, HHS to address unaccompanied children at border

Interagency Task Force formed to reunify families

HHS, DoD release COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

HHS, DOD coordinate airlift of COVID-19 supplies to the Americas

Featured Article: Defining “Surety” Within the Interagency

Interagency response needed for opioid crisis

Featured Article: Before the Next Outbreak

Executive Order focuses on health security

Featured Article: Is the United States Ready…

GAO reports on human trafficking

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